Dutch Musculoskeletal Questionnaire: Description and basic qualities

Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1038-1055

  Hildebrandt, V H ^a   Bongers, P M ^a   Van Dijk, F J H ^a   Kemper, H C G ^a   Dul, J ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal symptoms; Musculoskeletal workload; Questionnaire; Validity

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

MUSCULOSKELETAL WORKLOADS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER; SITTING; STANDING; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIBRATION; WALKING; WORKER; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BACK; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; ODDS RATIO; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER; WEIGHT-BEARING; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0035841258     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130110087437     Document Type: Article

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